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‘Arbitrary’ Pro and the Theory of Pro-Drop
2006Abstract Since Rizzi’s influential work (1986a) on pro-drop, it has been generally assumed that null subject pronouns pattern together depending on their u-role. The idea is that null pronouns bearing a full u-role need more con- tent identification than null pronouns bearing a quasi-u-role or no u-role at all (section 8.1).
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Russian as a Partial Pro-Drop Language
2015<div> <p>This paper explores the grammaticality and interpretation of referential null subjects (NSs) in Russian in distinct clausal types. Based on the results of an online survey (carried out by about 140 respondents), we show that in contrast with generalizations typically hypothesized for partial pro-drop languages (Holmberg, Nayudu ...
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Developing pro-drop: the case of Cimbrian
2018The syntax of Cimbrian, a Germanic heritage language, is at a peculiar developmental stage: on the one hand it has lost the V2 linear restriction, but still maintains both pronominal subject inversion and a residual root-embedded word order asymmetry; on the other, it is characterized by both ‘free’ subject inversion (VP DP) and the systematic ...
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Root Infinitives in Two Pro-Drop Languages
2002Research into the acquisition of typologically different languages suggests that the existence of a root infinitive stage (RI stage), where children produce infinitive verbs in the place of finite verbs, is connected with language specific properties that have to do with verbal inflection.
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Asymmetrical Pro-Drop in Northern Italian Dialects
2006Abstract In this chapter I intend to address two basic questions concerning the role of overt morphology in the syntactic process of pro-drop. The two questions are intrinsically related in a more general perspective aiming to determine how much the presence of overt morphology influences syntactic processes.
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Turkish as a non-pro-drop language
2020The aim of this study is to argue against the claim that Turkish is a pro-drop languagewithin the framework of Government and Binding Theory.As Turkish reveals rich agreement morphology, where verbs agree with their subjectsin number and person, in certain cases, the pronominal subjects are not overtlyexpressed.
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